At least 28 people were killed in the shelling of the eastern Ukrainian city of Lysychansk, which was occupied by Russian forces, according to Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry. Another ten were injured. Moscow blames Ukraine for Saturday’s attack, which reportedly hit a bakery building.
“The Ukrainian forces have shelled a bakery in Lysychansk, civilians are lying under the rubble,” the head of the Russian-annexed Luhansk region, Leonid Passechnik, wrote on his Telegram channel on Saturday. Ten people were rescued from the rubble, it was said.
Moscow speaks of “terrorist acts”
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova spoke of “terrorist acts of Ukrainian neo-Nazis.” Kiev knew that there were many people in the bakery at the time and deliberately chose this target, she claimed.
She called for international condemnation of the attack, especially in the West, as Lysychansk was attacked with Western weapons systems. According to authorities, the city was bombarded with HIMARS rocket artillery. Ukraine has not yet responded to the attack. The Russian information could not be independently verified.
Was taken by Russian troops in 2022
Before the war, Lysychansk was a large city with about 110,000 inhabitants. In the summer of 2022, it was captured by Russian troops after heavy fighting. It is said that the population at that time was less than 10,000.
The city is still strongly affected by the war
The city, which together with neighboring Sievierodonetsk formed an industrial agglomeration in northeastern Ukraine, is still deeply affected by the war and is only about ten kilometers from the front line.
Source: Krone
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